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PART 2 - Ultima 8
                  Frequently asked questions and Solution
                        Copyright 1994 Jeff Abramson
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Caves to Plateau and Mythran:
 You can pretty much jump from stone to stone, but you have to be careful.
  You may have to move back or forward on a stone to get the right distance.
  There is also a chest  disarm it while you are in the lake, which has
  some scrolls.

 Once you cross the lake, you'll get to an hill with two ways around it.
  There is an electrified fence blocking the south way, and there are some
  traps blocking the north way, which you can't see.  Instead climb up and
  go over the hill.
        (throw something at the death disk to see what happens.)

 You then reach an area with a winch and broken lever, a set of bars, and a
  rope bridge.  Cross the rope bridge.  There are seven levers:

           L1 L2 L3   R1 R2 R3
                    C

  Pull L2, R1, R2 (so all left levers are down and all right levers are up),
  and then C will automatically pull.  You'll see and feel a large shaking.
  Then go back across the rope bridge.  The broken lever has been fixed
  pull it to open the bars.  You can then head out to the plateau.

 You'll reach the open plateau. There are a couple chests out in the area.
  One is buried in a pile of debris in a ruin, and the other is on a two
  level hill guarded by undead.  I didn't see anything of major use there.

 You should find a small house.  If you remember from the library,
  Mythran's house is much bigger inside than outside.  First you have a
  small obstacle course.  Just go straight and if you time it well you can
  go through the fences and avoid the spiked spheres.  At the end is a red
  potion to help you heal.  Once you exit you are in Mythran's house.

  NOTE: Once you talk to Mythran, this little obstacle course fortunately
        will not appear for subsequent visits to Mythran.

 There is another cave entrance to the west of the entrance cave.  Navigate
  past some flaming arrow shooters and you will eventually find a chest.  It
  is trapped and there are scrolls of trap destruction nearby.  Inside the
  chest is the Hammer of Strength if you don't have a magic weapon yet.

 There is also a locked door in this cave, and the key is nowhere to be
  found.  Mythran's scroll won't unlock it either.  Rumor has it that this is
  where the Pagan AddOn will take place.


Mythran:

 Read the books in Mythran's house.  When you talk to Mythran he will give
  you a teleportation device and also permission to borrow whatever you
  need.  You can return to Tenebrae the same way you came or via the
  teleportation device as long as you have been up to the roof of Tenebrae
  palace and seen the teleporter.

 Before you leave, buy at least on of Mythan's Open Door spells.  This
  spell will unlock some doors.

 Mythran will instruct you to see the Necromancers north of the east exit
  of the city.

  NOTE: Shaana was in Mythran's house while I was there.  I still don't
  know why.


Necromancers:

 Go through the cemetery to the building.  Head inside and you will meet
  Vividos.  He'll tell you a bit about what the necromancers do and also
  tell you that the head necromancer, Lothian, is dying, and that Lady
  Mordea stole their ceremonial dagger.  Promise to get the dagger back.


Tenebrae:

 You will not find the dagger in Mordea's bedroom, but you should notice a
  closet with a chest.  Talk to Aramina about the dagger, and she'll give
  you the key  but you have to visit her at her home to get the key.

  NOTE: Aramina is only available at Bloodwatch in here home.  So you may
  need to occupy yourself somewhere and wait (or go to sleep in the house
  directly south of hers).

 Don't try to enter Mordea's bedroom while she's sleeping  zap!


Necromancers:

 After you return the dagger to Vividos, you are instructed to give Lothian
  to the Mountain King.  Go behind the building (but stay in the fence), and
  double click on Lothian's body.Vividos then takes you on as his
  apprentice, and instructs you to get two reagents: executioner's hood, and
  a wooden stick.  There is Hood in abundance in a small area SE of the
  cemetery.  The sticks can be found near the burned home in W. Tenebrae.

 Then you will receive instructions on your first spells, Death Speak and
  Open Ground.  Go through a fence to the building directly north of the
  cemetery main building and cast Open Earth on the middle of the wall
  that leads to the mountain.  A cave entrance will open up.

  NOTE on spells and reagents: Make sure you have the correct reagents.  I
  confused sticks with wood, and I know many others have as well.  A pile of
  wood is a little pile that is brown and green.  Bone shards are bone
  shards, you cannot use a skull or a piece of bone.  If you get the message
  "something is not right" then you probably have the wrong reagan.


Catacombs:

 You are in the main level of the catacombs.  Watch out for skeletons,
  electric gates, and lava pits.  You can detect lava pits by watching for
  puddles on the floor (in fact there is a book somewhere that tells you
  this).  Just be careful and save your game often.

 Map the catacombs to save you grief later.  You spend far too much time in
  here...  Some of the gates have levers and some move up and down
  themselves.  If a door is closed or closes when you walk by, then walk
  away from it (maybe 30 steps or so), and then return, and it should open
  for you.  As far as I could tell, there was no certain thing I had to do
  in order to reach either the lower catacombs or Stone Cove.  There are
  some locked doors that I didn't get to open, however.  I found one key at
  the "Master of Keys" and that opened an empty chest near two flaming arrow
  cannons.

 Your first goal is to find the necromancers.  Look for a small tomb with a
  door and a ghoul inside.  Enter the tomb and you will fall through a pit
  to the lower catacombs.


Lower Catacombs:

 You'll find yourself in the lower catacombs near some barrels.  Stock up
  on all the reagents you can hold, and create as many Death Speak spells as
  possible (some reagents are hard to find).  Look for the first
  necromancer.  Watch out for falling stalactites.  As long as you keep
  moving you should be okay.  Find the first necromancer and cast Death
  Speak.  He'll teach you a new spell, Fake Death and instruct you where to
  go.

 Cross the area that used to be blocked by stalag mites.  When you see the
  daemons, cast the new spell that fakes death.  The daemons will think you
  are dead and you can go past them.  Head to the next necromancer.

  NOTE: You can just run by the Daemons.  Casting the spell is not required.

 The second necromancer will give you a new spell, Stone Flesh.  Continue
  following the cave, and when you get a long north corridor, bolts of
  lightning will start firing at you.  Here is where you need to cast your
  Stone Flesh spell.  Then run through the corridor and head to the next
  necromancer.

 The 3rd necromancer will give you a new spell.  You will be teleported to
  an area with a bunch of electric gates.  Go through them and jump over the
  chasm.  Here you will see the 4th necromancer.  You should cast the spell
  on the pile of bones to create the skeleton to ward off the other skeleton
  while you talk to the necromancer.

 The 4th necromancer will give you a new spell, Grant Peace.  You will then
  be teleported to a new area.  Go into the small room with the throne to be
  teleported yet again.

 You will see a platform with some magic armor.  You can get the armor, but
  be careful of the pit in the center of the platform.  At the lava, you
  have to jump the lava stream, and then follow the rock until you get to a
  dead end.  Then jump across to the next rock, and you will be teleported.
  Cast Grant Peace on any ghoul.

 The 5th necromancer will give you a new spell, Withstand Death (or
  something like that).  When you get to the last necromancer, you should
  see some stairs.  If you go near the stairs, a ghost and many ghouls will
  appear.  Cast the spell on yourself, and then open the door to talk to the
  necromancer (ignore the stairs).  He'll give you instructions for Create
  Golem, and then you can head up the stairs back into the main catacombs.
  Fall down from the platform and you are back near where you started.  Next
  job is to find Stone Cove.

Catacombs:

 Continue to head east and south and look for a door on the east wall.
  This will eventually lead you to a gate with red columns and an electric
  zapper.  Go through there and eventually you should find a flaming arrow
  cannon, a lever, and some spike traps.  Navigate through the traps and hit
  the lever to open up another gate.  This takes you out to Stone Cove.

  (Note that there are a couple very narrow corridors that you may miss if
  you are not watching.)

Stone Cove:

 You'll eventually end up in an open area.  There's a Seeker nearby, and
  two doors.  Also at the opposite end in the water, are stones that rise
  and fall.  I haven't navigated the stones yet, but I believe this leads to
  the Magic Deceiver Axe.

Large Door:

 Create a golem and have it open both doors for you.  Enter the large door.
  Continue going north and cross the chasm.  To the west you may have
  noticed a rock with a large rune of the mountain king (looks like
  Brittania "A") on it, and past that, a chasm too long for you to jump
  across.  If you keep going north you will come to a ruin.  One lever is
  outside, one is inside.  Climb over the wall and pull the lever INSIDE.
  Fight the ghouls and climb back out.  There is a pit between the chasm and
  the ruin so be careful.

 Then go back to the chasm to the west.  Now there is a skull bridge that
  is fading in and out.  Traverse the bridge and you will find yourself in
  front of four sliding platforms.  Traverse the platforms.  You will then
  find yourself in front of some sinking platforms.  There are a total of
  eight of these.  (NOTE: This requires some dexterity never before required
  for Ultima games, so save often and be patient.)

 After traversing the obstacle course you will find yourself at a locked
  door.  Head to the north and you will be in a maze of energy beams and
  mushrooms.  One of the notes suggests a way to deal with the beams using
  the mushrooms, but you can just beeline it and heal when necessary.  At
  the very end is a chest with the key and a gem of protection.  Open the
  door.

 The door leads to two shorelines with floating stones that rise and fall.
  Go to the south first, and jump the stones to get to a small piece of
  land, where there is a skeleton.  Get the key from the skeleton.

 The stones on the north lead to another cavern.  As you go north watch for
  two *very* thin hallways that lead to the west.  Take the southernmost
  hallway and it will lead to a room with more forcefields.  Go through
  there and get to the chest.  Hiding behind a potion is a key.

 Next go to the next thin hallway.  That will take you to a locked door.
  Unlock and go through.  One more obstacle course with moving platforms
  that lead you across water.

 The Mountain kind is to the northwest.  You'll see a line of skeletons and
  ghouls.  After speaking to him, you can go to the south and find the
  teleporter.  This allows you to use the recall device later to return to
  the King if you need to.  Also in that area is a rock with a rune that
  will teleport you back to the entrance of the caves.

 If you continue north past the two thin halls, you'll find another
  floating platform which leads to a small island with a large rune of the
  mountain king in the center.  Grab the scrolls in the barrels and whatever
  else you need and step on the rune to teleport back to the first rune.

Necromancers:

 Return to Vividos and tell him you have talked to Lithos.  He'll instruct
  you to give Lothian to the King.  Go NE of the main building of the
  cemetery and you'll see her body.  Double click on it and the Mountain
  King will receive her.  Then Vividos will instruct you to go on the
  pilgrimidge, give you the key of scion, and refers to the Pit of Death.

  NOTE: The Key of Scion looks like the other key you use to make spells and
  it has glowing eyes.  If you have a full backpack, he won't give you the
  key, so get rid of something first.

Catacombs:

 Enter the catacombs like you did before.  Go toward the locked door that
  is near where you returned from the lower catacombs before.  The door is
  labelled:  "Towards Fate Do You Travel."  Unlock it with the key of Scion.
  And head down.

Lower Catacombs (Key of Scion):

 There is a invisible chest near the Return to Sight scroll.  Lots of
  potions, death disks, flasks, and a magic armor.   Read the book on the
  Zealan Gods.

 Enter the door "Do Not Enter".  You enter new caves and new music...
  Follow past two spiked spheres and a locked door, and past a maze of
  gates.  You should end up in a room with five levers surrounding a chest
  inside a cage.  Guardian will tell you not to go near there.  I think the
  levers may be random, since I got different behavior, but you have to
  trigger two levers to lower the cage.  Just try different combinations.
  The levers may turn you upside down, or shoot fireballs at you.  In the
  chest is a key for the door directly to the north.

 The maze of fences is interesting, but once you get the key above, you can
  just go through the door and avoid this thing altogether.  To traverse the
  maze, you also need to climb up on the platform.  It is not hard.

 Head through the door, and then follow the path around northeastsouth
  and it will dead end at a chest (it is trapped).  Inside is the Skull of
  Quakes.

 If you continue back the way you came, and go past the three spiked
  spheres you will eventually reach a corridor going south that dead ends
  and there is a single spiked sphere.  You can climb up to the west and
  continue on.  It took me a while to get this just right.

 Follow to a gravesite, and cast Open Earth.  Convienent reagents and bag
  right there on the table.  Go down the opening.

 Follow the caves until you reach a gate and a bunch of rolling spheres
  (marbles) and a table.  You have to throw something on the small elevated
  platform on the other side of the gate in order to lower the fence.  Grab
  a marble, and throw it  you should be able to do this if you move away
  from the fence.  The gate should lower.

 Beyond the gate are two platforms, and two elevators.  When activated, the
  elevator rises when you step on it.  When not activated, the elevator just
  stays up.  Underneath each platform is a key  get both of them, and any
  thing else you want.

 Head past the light ray (you can jump over it), and you should arrive at a
  wall with a stair going into it.  The wall is three squares wide and the
  stairs are on the rightmost stairs.  You have to move the stairs to the
  center via stepping on the three platforms right in front of the
  walls/stairs.  This is kind of like a Tower of Hanoi problem.  I got the
  stairs in the center by first building them on the left.  Once this is
  done, the wall will open.

 Beyond is two laser beams.  Cast Stone Flesh so you can walk through the
  beams, otherwise they will kill you (I had 42 hits and still got killed).
  This will lead you to a large door.  Unlock and go through the next set of
  doors.

 You should see three statues of the Zealan Gods.  The skeleton has a key
  or is covering a key that unlocks the doors that allow you to bypass the
  laser beam.  Use these doors, and go back and get the ceremonial shield.
  If you continue south from where the shield is at, you can reach the very
  first door you saw once you passed the "Do Not Enter" sign.  This is an
  easy way to get back into the main catacombs.

 Return to the temple, and place the shield on the altar and the Zealan
  statues will speak to you.  The Zealans instruct you to proceed through
  the next door and retrieve a blackrock pyramid shaped object.

 To open the door, you'll need the magical unlock spell from Mythran.  If
  you don't already have it, you'll need to use your recall item to return
  to him (or go via the plateau caves) and buy the scroll.  Don't forget to
  get the reagents to cast Open Ground again.

 Open the door and you will find the spirit of Khumash Gor.  You can cast
  Grant Peace on him to vanquish him, and then grab the obelisk tip.  There
  is also a magic scimitar and a key ring if you need them.

 Head back out and the Zealans will tell you that you need to become the
  Titan of Ether.  Return to the main catacombs.

Catacombs:

 You are probably wondering/hoping if there is a teleporter in the
  catacombs.  From the "fate" door, head southeast until you see a small two
  story room with a chest on top of it.  (You can get up there from the
  pseudostairs on the other side of it.)  Continue east and look for a red
  circle on the next small room.  The circle is on the east wall.  Double
  click on the Skull of Quakes and insert it in the circle.  You'll see that
  directly east of you is a collapsed room with a door.  Fall down there,
  open the door, and activate the teleporter (Upper Catacombs).

Small Door at Stone Cove:

 There is a Locked room with a sign  Conventicle of Death.  There is an
  entrance on both the south and north sides.

 Obstacle course with spiked spheres and flaming arrows.  It is not too
  difficult to get past here, just stay to the left and bottom of the area.

 You will reach a crypt with a gate covering it.  Pull the small lever to
  open the gate, the corpse has a key.  Use the large lever to open the gate
  to continue onward.  This key opens the locked room you found earlier.

 Go into the conventicle of Death.  Go into the grave area and read the
  gravestone.  Cast Open Earth and it will open up and reveal the Heart of
  the Earth.  Grab it.

 If you continue further, you'll hit some more traps, but eventually will
  lead you to the Pit of Death.

Pit of Death:

 Another set of catacombs.  I found absolutely nothing in here other than
  reagents, death disks, scrolls, and a few items.  There are some invisible
  chests near the ReturntoSight scrolls.

 There is a torture chair at the end of a hall.  You can climb up to the
  roof of the catacombs.  Didn't find anything up there but you can go past
  the limits of where the programmers thought, and cause all sorts of neat
  effects.  You can eventually end up inside the catacomb walls with no way
  to exit.

 Near the entrance is several dragon statues and statues of Mordea around a
  wooden throne.  There is a chest with lots of potions (use Restore to
  Sight) that sits in between the four dragon statues.

 At the eastern end of the maze is a door that is blocked by a flaming
  arrow shooter.  If you open the door, you'll see that there is a wall
  behind it.  However, if you go on the *other* side of the door, so that
  the flaming arrows are being blocked by the door, and jump straight up,
  you will be in a room.  The room has oil flasks, fire gems, and all sorts
  of armor and weapons.  One chest has all the magic weapons found in the
  game, and there is a magic shield also in there.

Tenebrae:

 Devon is in the jail underneath the palace.  Talk to him, and then
  continue to explore the basement of the palace.  Use a secret door spell
  to unlock the room to the east, and read the book.

 Then guards come take you to the pier where Devon is to be executed.
  Confront Mordea about the truth, but don't insult here.  Devon kills
  Mordea and he then leaves to ponder his new role.

Catacombs:

 In the caves that you took from the main catacombs to Stone cove, there is
  also a route that takes you out to a open area and a teleporter.  Activate
  it and you can find out that you are at Carthax lake.

Carthax Lake:

 This is a large open area surrounding a valley.  There are many land
  bridges, some intact, some not.  Find a route to the "island" in the
  middle, and you'll see a white bridge.  Cross the white bridge and you'll
  meet Hydros.

 Ask Hydros for the power of the Tempestry and she'll tell you she cannot.
  Offer to help her.

Catacombs:

 There is a wall with two rising doors and a lever, and each time you
  trigger the lever, the walls switch, so you never can get through.  Look
  for a small *switch* that is on the wall near the lever.  It is not
  hidden, but blends in very well with its surroundings.  Trigger the switch
  and the wall will open.  That leads you out to the lava field.

 Another locked door (Key Of Scion) leads you out to an open area with a
  brick path and spiders.  This is Argenrock Isle.

Argenrock Isle:

 Exiting from the catacombs/cave into an open area and a long walking
  bridge takes you to Argenrock Isle, home of the Theurgists.  You should
  find a walled in area, with one large building and several small
  buildings.  The teleporter is east of the town  go activate it.

 Enter the town, and talk to everyone.  You'll meet:
        Stellos, the leader
        several nameless ones who don't have anything to say
        Cyrrus who you may remember hearing about back in Tenebrae
        Xavier  teacher
        Torwin  arrogant student

  Enter the monetary and read all the books, both upstairs and in the main
  floor.

 Talk to Xavier and you can take the first two tests from him.  The first
  is the test of wisdom and involves answering questions.  There are about
  10 questions, and he'll ask you random 5.  You have to get all five
  correct, and he won't tell you which ones you got right.  Most of the
  questions are common sense, think about Stratos and what she represents.
  Although Xavier tells you the answers are in the library, this is not
  really true.

 After completing the Test of Wisdom, Xavier will instruct you how to take
  the Test of Centerness.  Go west from the monastery until you see a rock
  face.  Climb up one story and look for a small twostory rock with the
  symbol of Stratos on it.  Climb up there and the test will begin.  You
  have to prevent yourself from falling off the rock.  Fairly easy to do in
  one or two tries.

 After you pass this test, return to Stellos, and he will instruct you
  further.  He gives you the key to the catacombs below the monastery (enter
  from the kitchen), and tells you to gather some silver ore.

 Enter the monastery's kitchen and then go below.  Go to the east and
  unlock the door.  Continue east  basically follow the wall to the north
  and east.  You will pass some electrified gates, and eventually see a
  closed off building (see below).  Keep going and there should be a *very*
  narrow corridor leading to the east.  That leads to a bunch of silver ore
  (and changelings).  There are a few more pieces of ore scattered around.

 Stellos will warn you to lock the door when you leave.  Don't know if this
  matters, but if you get all the ore you need, it shouldn't matter.

 If you look at the spells in the manual, there are ten total.  One does
  not require a focus (Resurrection), and one is cast the first time without
  a focus (Air Walk).  So search for 8 ores.

 The closed off building may be opened by casting one of Mythran's secret
  door spells.  Inside is the magic weapon Protector.

 After retrieving ore, head back to Tenebrae and talk to the Smithy,
  Korick.  He'll forge you a focus of your choice, and once you return to
  Argenrock Isle you can enchant the focus by setting it on the altar.  If
  you single click on the focus before hand, it will just say something like
  "Pointing Hand", but if you click on it after, it will say something like
  "Reveal Focus".  That is how you determine if it has been enchanted.
  Construct and enchant all 8 ores for all the foci he will create: Pointing
  Hand, Open Hand, Chain, Fist, Bracer (Arm Band), Open Eye, Closed Eye,
  Sextant.  (Don't try to enchant two at the same time...)

 Stellos instructs you to go back under the monastery after getting the
  focus.  If you go north this time, you will see a wounded Torax on the
  ground below.  If you jump down there, you cannot get back up  you'll
  have to use the teleporter.  Instead you can cast Aerial Servant on the
  Torax and move it to where you are, and then cast Healing Touch or
  Restoration.

 When you return to the surface, you will hear that Xavier is missing his
  focus, and no one will help you continue your training.  Cast Hear Truth
  and go talk to everyone.  Cyrrus is hiding the fact that he knows where
  Torwin has gone.

 Go up to where you took the test of Centerness and continue west.  You'll
  confront Torwin  he wants to resurrect his father, Toran, who you saw
  executed at the beginning of the game.  He plans to go to the Pit Of
  Death, but when you tell him that Hydros has his father's body he does not
  believe you.  He'll throw the focus and a ring back at you can jump off
  the cliff.  Return the focus to Xavier.  And keep the ring.

 Go talk to Stellos and he'll instruct you on your next test.  You are to
  take a leap of faith at the same place where Torwin jumped off the cliff.
  When you jump, however, the Air Walk spell kicks in, and you clear the
  water.  Next you have way too many jumps to make, but you can eventually
  get to Stratos.

 Stratos will reward you with the Wings focus for casting Air Walk.  She'll
  also tell you about the Breath Of Wind, which is how she heals.  Return
  back to Stellos (either by jumping or teleport), and he'll give you some
  vague hint about the Breath Of Wind.

 The Breath of Wind is hidden on a small rock right near Stratos.  Cast
  reveal to see where it is, and cast Aerial Servant to retrieve it.


Carthax Lake:

 Return to Carthax lake, and follow the cave wall to the south.  You should
  find a cave entrance.  Enter the cave.  Among other items in this cave,
  you will find magic leggings and magic armguards.

 Right past the second cave opening is a wall with spikes on top, but there
  is one or two spikes missing.  Climb on and over the wall.  You'll then
  come to a wall with a gate in the middle.  The left switch opens the gate.

 Continue and you will eventually find an exit out of the cave.  You will
  then find a gravestone.  Cast Open Ground, and the ground will open and a
  waterfall will begin to fill Carthax Lake.

 There is also a chest on a platform.  No magic weapon here (like I
  thought), but some other items.

 Return to Hydros.  She'll "thank" you for freeing here, and then say
  "We'll see who reaches Devon first" or something like that.  Return to
  Tenebrae.

Tenebrae Palace:

 Devon should now be in the palace.  Tell him you have freed the Lurker and
  he'll tell you to visit the Sorcerers.


Ghost Treasure:

 First set of ruins has a hole in the floor.  You can find a scroll there
  that gives you a little idea of what is next.  Then head to the locked
  doors, and unlock with the key Kilandra gave you.

 Second set of ruins are a pain.  You have to jump from the ruins onto this
  tiny piece of floor that is kind of in the middle.  Then you can climb up
  to the next set of ruins that leads off to the North.  Just keep at it
  until you get it.

 Go down the hallway, and then you go up two flights of stairs and reach a
  bunch of undead.  After killing them you can chase around the armor
  forever  it just keeps moving away.   I tried to cast Aerial Servant on
  this, but didn't get the spell to work  I think this is what you need to
  do to get the armor.


Lava River:

 After entering the open area with the lava, continue south on the small
  land area.  The center of the screen should shift, and you should see
  Beren, warning you about the sorcerers.

 Cast Air Walk, and jump across to where Beren was, and then continue to
  follow to the south.  You should eventually lead to another cave entrance.
  You have entered the Sorcerers' Enclave.


Sorcerer's Enclave:

 There are several people of interest in the Enclave.  There are four
  sorcerers: Beren, Bane, Vardion (and one other).  Vardion is the First
  Acolyte.  Talk to all four of them to get an idea of what they do.  The
  other sorcerers in the area are pretty much useless.

 To learn sorcery, talk to Bane.  She will accept you as a disciple and
  give you her Truename and ask you to find Vardion's Truename.

 To get Vardion's Truename, ask him about his dealings with Tenebrae, and
  then admit that it is a good deal for both sides.  He'll then confide in
  you and give you his Truename and ask for you to find Bane's Truename.

 Now you have a choice.  You can betray Vardion or Bane.  I think that
  gameplay continues in the same manner regardless of who you betray.

 After you tell Bane what Vardion's Truename is, she will summon a Daemon
  and kill Vardion.  Master Malchir will appear, and Bane will offer for you
  to become a replacement Acolyte.  To learn more, tell he she is devious.

 Bane will instruct you to go to the library and read all the books  she
  gives you the key.  Make sure you right down the locations of the candles
  and reagents.

 Return to Bane and take the test  note that she now is in Vardion's home.
  There is not enough candles/reagents/foci for you to take the test, so
  tell her no.  Go to the library and/or Bane's old home and get a rod, and
  all the candles and reagents you need for all three tests.  If you leave
  Bane's (really Vardion's) house, you forfeit the test and have to start
  over.

 The books tell you where to put red candles, put black candles in the
  other positions. Place the candles, place the reagents, place the focus.
  Then manually double click on each candle to light them.  Then move out of
  the pentagram, turnaround and double click on it.  Get those reagents as
  close as possible to the corners  it's a pain.  If it doesn't work, move
  them closer.

 After creating the three spells, Bane will instruct you to go to the
  Obsidian fortress.  This is to the west of the city across a bridge over
  lava.  The doors will open for you automatically.  Run past the first
  daemons.

 Inside the Obsidian fortress, you will meet a Daemon sorcerer.  He will
  give you more instructions.  Create foci for Armor of Flame, Extinguish,
  Flash, and Endure heat, and proceed west to the platform.  You will
  teleport to a new area with hallways in all four directions.

 The four hallways lead outward to an outer hallway with five other
  hallways.  Four of them have plaques.  The fifth leads to a room with a
  crazy sorcerer.  If you can defeat him, he has the spellbook for the
  Conflaguration spell and some other items.

 Each of the other four hallways has a plaque that tells you what spell you
  need to cast to survive.  Each hallway leads eventually to a pentagram
  symbol, which you should grab.  In the "Flash" hallway, you will find
  Flame Sting, a nice weapon.  In the "Armor of Flames" hallway, you will
  find a magic shield.  In the "Extinguish" hallway, you will find a magic
  helm.  In the "Endure Heat" hallway, you will find a magic armor.  Cast
  the appropriate spell to help you get through to the object and back.

  NOTE: For the Extinguish hallway, you can cast Extinguish on each candle
        to remove the flames.   Underneath the helm is the object.

 After retrieving all four objects, head back to the center, and get on the
  platform.  The daemon will give you more instructions to go confront
  Malchir who is the master Sorcerer.  Go back to the platform.

 You'll arrive in Malchir's sanctum.  He will instruct you to create and
  cast Flame Bolt, Explosion, and Summon Daemon all at him in that order.
  Use the staff and pentagram and the reagents.  Before casting Summon
  Daemon, however, create a Banish Daemon focus.

  NOTE: To successfully cast Summon Daemon, first double click on the focus,
        then single click on your target.  This is different from many of
        the other spells.

  When you cast the summon daemon on Malchir, he will then summon his own
  Daemon, which you should banish.

 After completing the tests and returning Malchir's staff, the two of you
  will flash to the large Pentagram east of the library.  The five sorcerers
  will start the Ritual of Flame.  Pryos will appear, try to attack, and
  Malchir will tell Pyros that he has the Tongue of Flame and then will
  banish Pyros.  Malchir then flames out at everyone and disappears.

 If you have been doing your reading, you now know that when the temple was
  destroyed, there were five pieces of the obelisk.  The Tongue of Flame is
  one of the objects.  After talking to everyone again and reading, you will
  realize that you have to get the Tongue from Malchir.

 Return to the Fortress, and return to Malchir.  He'll attack you.  After
  you kill him, get the Tongue from his body.  Read the book also, which
  warns you not to go on the pentagram with the Tongue.  So do exactly that,
  and when you do, Pyros will be released and rains of fire will start to
  come down.  Make sure you grab the Tongue and leave the Enclave.

  NOTE:  You cannot use Mythran's recall item while in the Enclave.  You
         have to return across the lava river (cast Endure Heat), and then
         go through the cave door.  Once you are in the catacombs, recall
         back to wherever.


Tenebrae:

 You have four of the five items, missing just the Tear of Seas.  Talk to
  Devon, and he'll give you a key to the chest in the Southwest corner of
  the palace  first floor.  In there is the Tear of Seas.

  NOTE: If this doesn't happen, then go talk to Mythran first  you may need
        to...

Plateau:

 Return to Mythran and tell him about the blackrock items.  Tell him you
  want to recreate the obelisk.  He will give you the Ethereal Travel spell
  (costs 250 coins).

 Read the spell, it doesn't tell you anything about reagents specifically.
  After reading it, I bought one of each reagent from him (Eye of Newt,
  Dragon Blood, and two others), and then my spell book started to glow.
  Clicking on the spell book will teleport you to the Ethereal Plane.


Ethereal Plane:

 There are four hallways that lead to doorways.  Each doorway leads to a
  Titan.  It is fairly obvious which Element you are in when you first enter
  the doorway.

 Stratos:  Ignore the magic items, and just head north to find Stratos.  I
  used the "Flash" spell a couple times to avoid dealing with the jumping.
  After she sends some attack winds after you, double click the Breath of
  Air and target it at her.  You'll banish her and return to the Ethereal
  Plane.

 Hydros: Head west and jump the stones.  There are three stones you can
  jump to from the west side  I jumped to the middle stone, and at one
  point cast Air Walk to jump the final longer distance, but I don't think
  this is required.  Then you have to keep going and cover some bridges  I
  think one you climb from one broken bridge to another.  Head west and
  you'll find the white bridge and platform of Hydros.  After she sends some
  attack lightning after you, double click the Tear of Seas and target it
  at her.  You'll banish her and return to the Ethereal Plane.

 Lithos: This takes a while, but just go past the earthquakes and falling
  stalagmites and undead.  Check all corners, remember that Lithos appeared
  in a NW corner of a cave.  After he sends out a couple golems, double
  click on the Heart of the Earth and target it at him.  You'll banish him
  and return to the Ethereal Plane.

 Pyros: This one is the hardest.  After jumping from one land mass to
  another, to the east and north is a broken bridge.
  Jump it across to a new land mass.  Follow this north and north and north
  past Seekers and Daemons until you reach two trees and a platform with a
  jewel box.  (Note Flame Sting behind the tree if you don't have it
  already.)  Get at least 10 of the little white spheres from the jewel box.

  Return to the second land mass, Look for a small 10 sided star with
  colored rectangles around it.  Place one sphere on each rectangle and
  you'll see a bridge of stones appear.  Cross it, and it will lead to
  Pyros.  (NOTE: There is also a building to the west with four spheres, and
  some potions.  You can find one more sphere in Lithos's domain, and one
  more sphere on the body near the star  but there are more than you need
  in the jewel box.)

  After he sends out a couple Daemons, double click on the Tongue of Flame
  and target it at him.  You'll banish him and return to the Ethereal Plane.

Ethereal Plane:

 Place the four glowing items at the appropriate places on the pentagram.
  Heart of Earth  the point that points to the hallway you took to Lithos.
  Tear of Seas  the point that points to the hallway you took to Hydros.
  Tongue of Flame  the point that points to the hallway you took to Pyros.
  Breath of Air  the point that points to the hallway you took to Stratos.

 Double click on the obelisk tip and then on yourself.  Then place the tip
  at the remaining point of the pentagram (Aphelion).  After some lightning,
  a black gate should appear in the center, enter it.
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